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What is the Republican House panel planning regarding the Jeffrey Epstein case?
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. A Republican led house panel is preparing to interview convicted six offender Helene Maxwell, as NPR's Claudia Grisalis reports, It's among the latest turns in the GOP struggle to respond to the Jeffrey Epstein controversy.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer says he's issued the first congressional subpoena for Guy Len Maxwell to look into federal prosecution of the Jeffrey Epstein case. Speaker Mike Johnson admits he and Comer are worried the interview may not be useful.
Can we trust what she's going to say? That's a reasonable question. Is that credible evidence? I don't know.
How is President Trump's executive order changing the U.S. approach to homelessness?
That ambivalence reflects splits among Republican lawmakers who are under pressure from their base to release the Epstein files. Comer says his panel will interview Maxwell on August eleventh at the Tallahassee, Florida prison, where she's serving a 20-year sentence. Claudia Riesalis, NBR News.
President Trump has signed an executive order to overhaul how the US manages homelessness. As NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports, the aim is to make it easier to move people off-street encampments and into treatment.
The order says endemic vagrancy has made cities unsafe, and getting people into long-term care for addiction or mental illness will restore public order. It calls on the Attorney General to make it easier to commit people against their will by challenging past legal precedents. critics say that would violate civil rights. Trump's action also calls for shifting federal funding toward treatment programs instead of housing, but some experts say forcing treatment does not work and that losing badly needed housing will only make it harder for communities to reduce homelessness. Jennifer Lutton, NPR News, Washington.
What are the latest developments and challenges in the Gaza ceasefire negotiations?
The US envoy to the Middle East says Hamas has shown a quote lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza. Like Israel, NPR's Michelle Kalaman reports That the United States is now bringing its negotiating team home for consultations.
In a social media post, Trump's envoy Steve Whitkopf praised the mediators for making what he calls a great effort to reach a ceasefire in Gaza, but he says Hamas does not appear to be coordinated or acting in good faith.
National aid groups warn of mass starvation spreading across Gaza. UN aid workers say the hunger crisis there has never been so dire. The US backs, a new aid group that Trump administration officials say is trying to make sure food does not benefit Hamas. Michelle Kellaman, NPR News, the State Department.
U.S. futures are higher in after hours trading on Wall Street.
How is the growing caregiver crisis affecting American families and finances?
This is NPR. A new report by AARP finds that nearly one in four American adults is a family caregiver. As NPR's RETU Chatterjee reports, the caregivers surveys said that they are struggling with financial difficulties and their own poor health.
Fifty nine million caregivers say they are caring for an adult in their family. Four million say they care for a child under eighteen with an illness or a complex disability. And those numbers have jumped by forty five percent in the past decade. Seven in ten working age caregivers say they are juggling paid work with caregiving at home. Doctor Maisha Minter Jordan is CEO of AARP.
Nearly half of caregivers say they faced major financial consequences, draining savings, falling into debt, or struggling to afford basic needs like food and housing.
Which notable public figures passed away recently and what were their legacies?
One in five report that their own health is fair or poor,
and nearly a quarter report feeling completely alone. Read the chattery in PR News.
Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan has died at the age of seventy one. Hogan was born Terry Balaya, beh became a star f for the first WrestleMania in nineteen eighty five. He later became a celebrity with appearances on the big and small screen, including reality TV show on VH one. Grammy-winning jazz legend Chuck Mangioni has died at the age of 84. Mangioni was a composer and horn player who fused pop and electric sounds. He played trumpet with various ensembles, including Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. Mangioni's Feels So Good became a top five hit in 78.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What is the Republican House panel planning regarding the Jeffrey Epstein case?
0:02–0:42
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How is President Trump's executive order changing the U.S. approach to homelessness?
0:42–1:53
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What are the latest developments and challenges in the Gaza ceasefire negotiations?
1:53–2:58
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How is the growing caregiver crisis affecting American families and finances?
2:58–3:53
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Which notable public figures passed away recently and what were their legacies?
3:53–4:39